The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is ultimately derived from the manga and anime, right? I see many complaints about how characters in the anime “cheat”. Guess what? They don’t. They are not playing Yu-Gi-Oh!. They are playing Duel Monsters. You must think of it as a separate game entirely that happens to share cards and mechanics.
This is a continuation of the previous article detailing this concept in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Here, we move on to Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. As a reminder, this is only the Japanese version, which you’ll want to keep in mind when we get to some of the “what is this doing here?” examples.